{"product_id":"digital-tools-for-learning-creating-and-thinking-developmentally-appropriate-strategies-for-early-childhood-educators-developmentally-appropriate-9781952331046","title":"Digital Tools for Learning, Creating, and Thinking: Developmentally Appropriate Strategies for Early Childhood Educators: Developmentally Appropriate","description":"\u003cb\u003eHelping Children Create, Collaborate, and Communicate--with Technology \u003c\/b\u003e Children are growing up with technologies as part of their daily lives at home and in school. For educators, it is important to understand how to use technologies to promote learning in developmentally appropriate ways. This book helps you make thoughtful, informed decisions that will enhance what you are already doing to support children's learning. Learn how to  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse technologies in ways that build on, not detract from, the learning children gain through play \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduce technologies using a gradual release of responsibility model \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoster children's storytelling, reflection, early coding skills, and more \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse technologies to enrich your partnerships with families and invite them into the classroom community \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork with colleagues to develop a digital culture that supports the program's goals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e With the guidance in this book, you'll be able to evaluate technologies and understand how to put them to their best uses in your program. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria B. Fantozzi\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a professor of early childhood and childhood education at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, where she teaches courses in emergent literacies, early childhood foundations, and research methods. Since 2015, she has partnered with schools to empower teachers to make intentional decisions about integrating technologies into their classroom practice. Her research on developmentally appropriate technologies has been published in \u003ci\u003eYoung Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Reading Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Early Childhood Research\u003c\/i\u003e, and she was a contributor to the fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eDevelopmentally \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Fantozzi lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband, two sons, and cat and hedgehog. This is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"National Association for the Education of You","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50660767727890,"sku":"9781952331046","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_83bc8a3c-031c-4b5e-9e08-e50781eaac3c.jpg?v=1733476882","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/digital-tools-for-learning-creating-and-thinking-developmentally-appropriate-strategies-for-early-childhood-educators-developmentally-appropriate-9781952331046","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}